Mimmo Rotella was an Italian artist and poet who is best known for collages made from torn advertising posters in a medium that he called "double décollages."
Rotella was born on October 7, 1918, in Catanzaro, Italy, and studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Naples before moving to Rome in 1945. There, he became associated with the Lettrism movement and — along with Raymond Hains, Jacque Villeglé and François Dufrêne — became known as one of "Les Affichistes," an artist group credited as the forefathers of street art.
Rotella's first solo exhibition was held in 1951 in at the Galleria Chiurazzi in Rome, and later that same year, he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship with which he traveled to Kansas City University. In 1961, he was invited by Pierre Restany to join the New Realism movement, whose members included Yves Klein, Arman and Jean Tinguely. In 1964, he represented Italy at the Venice Biennale. He died on January 8, 2006, in Milan, Italy, at the age of 87.
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By Mimmo Rotella
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Mimmo Rotella (1918-2006) was an Italian artist and leading figure of post-war European art. He is best known for creating layered collage-like works from torn film and advertising p...
Paper, Screen
Zin-Cla-Una
By Mimmo Rotella
Located in London, GB
Mimmo Rotella Zin-Cla-Una, 1992 Signed on verso Décollage and acrylic on canvas 70 x 49.3 cm Mimmo Rotella, who represented Italy in the 1964 Venice Biennale, was experimental to hi...
Mixed Media
$2,800
H 48 in W 36 in
Horns - Original Abstract Animal Cow Mixed Media Acrylic Painting on Canvas
By Kellie Newsome
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Columbus, Georgia-based artist Kellie Newsome specializes in dynamic and expressive animal portraits that radiate vitality and personality. Her unique style combines abstracted forms...
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Canvas
$775
H 24 in W 24 in
Bubble Gum Island - Abstract Textured Mixed Media Graffiti Inspired Hearts Art
By Amber Goldhammer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles artist Amber Goldhammer paints dramatic abstract compositions in acrylic on canvas featuring energetic brushstrokes. Goldhammer uses her contemporary paintings to express...
Canvas, Latex, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
$2,100
H 40 in W 40 in
Into the Wilds - Abstract Textured Mixed Media Graffiti Inspired I Love You Art
By Amber Goldhammer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles artist Amber Goldhammer paints dramatic abstract compositions in acrylic on canvas featuring energetic brushstrokes. Goldhammer uses her contemporary paintings to express...
Canvas, Latex, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Fortress America
By Kat Flyn
Located in New Orleans, LA
assemblage sculpture: vintage wood fort with hand-painted graffiti, a vintage handmade wood carving of Uncle Sam & Trump, confederate flag scrap blindfold, metal chains, 4 vintage fl...
Mixed Media
$850
H 27 in W 32 in D 2 in
Sagittarian Landscape No. 14, Minimalist Monotype with Collage by Unson Merino
By Unson Merino
Located in Long Island City, NY
This monotype with collage was created by Filipino Contemporary artist Unson Merino. It is signed and titled in pencil, and the image size is ...
Mixed Media, Monotype
$1,325
H 30 in W 24 in
Big Hats and Cocktails - Expressive Abstract Animal Horse Painting on Canvas
By Kellie Newsome
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Columbus, Georgia-based artist Kellie Newsome specializes in dynamic and expressive animal portraits that radiate vitality and personality. Her unique style combines abstracted forms...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Ice Showers
By Nancy Baker
Located in New York, NY
paint and mixed media on cut paper 9"x 9" (available framed) Nancy Baker creates detailed paper constructions by combining hand and laser cut geometric forms based loosely on mac...
Acrylic, Archival Paper, Mixed Media
$23,500
H 60 in W 48 in
Mixed Media, Pop Art Collage, Text, Female on Horse_Western Outlaws_Greg Miller
By Greg Miller
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
GREG MILLER "Western Outlaws" Acrylic, Collage 60 x 48 in. Signed verso by artist Drawing from the diverse cultural and geographic makeup of his Californian roots, Greg Miller exp...
Mixed Media, Acrylic
$1,675
H 40 in W 30 in
Peace In Chaos - Abstract Textured Mixed Media Graffiti Inspired Art on Canvas
By Amber Goldhammer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles artist Amber Goldhammer paints dramatic abstract compositions in acrylic on canvas featuring energetic brushstrokes. Goldhammer uses her contemporary paintings to express...
Canvas, Latex, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
$14,000
H 50 in W 50 in D 2 in
"Cleopatra 9", ........... 50x50" total size....9 separate canvases each 16x16"
By Ceravolo
Located in Southampton, NY
"Cleopatra 9" consists of 9 separate unique one of a kind canvases featuring women that have portrayed Cleopatra over the years in Film and on stage. From Theda Bara...
Canvas, Encaustic, Oil, Acrylic, Mixed Media
$1,850
H 23 in W 15.5 in
Reaching No. 1, Abstract Mixed Media Collage with Fabric by Jean Olds
By Jean Olds
Located in Long Island City, NY
This colorful abstract paper and fabric collage was created by American artist Jean Olds. Olds is known for her work with collages and flat mixed-media sculptures. This work in her t...
Fabric, Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$3,250
H 21.5 in W 27.5 in D 1 in
Untitled, Figurative, Mixed Media on Paper by Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Habibur Rahman Untitled Mixed Media on Paper 27.5 x 21.5 inches 2006 (Framed & Delivered) His vibrant composition unfolds like a dreamscape, blending myth, memory, and symbol...
Paper, Mixed Media
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H 16.15 in W 19.89 in D 0.4 in
Fuori Corso 2001 - Mixed Media by Mimmo Rotella - 2001
By Mimmo Rotella
Located in Roma, IT
Fuori Corso 2001 is an original artwork realized by Mimmo Rotella - one of the main artistic figures of the 20th century - in 2001. Silkscreen painting on pvc, banknote and collage ...
Mixed Media
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H 12.8 in W 8.86 in D 0.4 in
Untitled - Decollage on Paper by Mimmo Rotella - 1957
By Mimmo Rotella
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is an original artwork realized by Mimmo Rotella in 1957. Decollage on paper. Hand-signed on the lower central margin: Rotella. Certificate of Authenticity by Fondazio...
Mixed Media